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[poh-it-as-ter] Origin

po·et·as·ter

[poh-it-as-ter]
noun
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin or Neo-Latin; see poet, -aster1

po·et·as·ter·ing, po·et·as·ter·y, po·et·as·try, po·et·as·ter·ism, noun
po·et·as·tric, po·et·as·tri·cal, adjective


rhymester.

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poetaster (ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə, -ˈteɪ-)
 
n
a writer of inferior verse
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin; see poet, -aster]

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poetaster
1599, from M.Fr. poetastre (1554), from L. poeta (poet) + -aster, diminutive (pejorative) suffix.
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